Weird Question - Anyway to remove "permant" pen marker from dvds?

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12-29-03 | 04:41 PM

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obscurelabel

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Originally posted by obscurelabel
Disclaimer: I have seen someone else do this and it worked, but haven't tried it myself, so no guarantees. You might want to test it on a blank CD or something.

Get one of those dry eraser markers (like permanent markers but designed to write on a special surface, the markings then dry and can be erased) and write on top of the permanent marker. The dry eraser marker supposedly dissolves the permanent marker, then dries, and then everything can be wiped off.

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Originally posted by costanza187
I have never tried that... but I would say that has an excellent chance of working. I know that is how you get permanent marker off a dry-erase board. I may try that on a cdr or something just as an experiment.

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Originally posted by Berkowitz
Dry erasure markers are not the same as permanent markers. The ink dries to almost a dust win dry erasure markers. Try taking a Sharpie Permenant and writing on a dry marker board. I promise it will not wipe cleans with anything short of Pee!!!LOL!

Actually I just tried this and remarkably it worked. It was on a data cd that had been written on with a Sanford Sharpie, just had the date written on it, so I tried it on one of the numbers. I overwrote the "3" with the dry erase pen, let it dry, and then used the edge of the dry erase eraser to wipe it off. Voila. There was some evidence of where the marker had been, the surface of the cd was a slightly different tone, but the marker was gone. I haven't tried this on a cd/dvd with a lithographed/printed surface so proceed at your own risk.